2Kings:17

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drb @2Kings:17:1 @In the twelfth year of Achaz king of Juda , Osee the son of Ela reigned in Samaria over Israel nine years . drb @2Kings:17:2 @And he did evil before the Lord : but not as the kings of Israel that had been before him . drb @2Kings:17:3 @Against him came up Salmanasar king of the Assyrians , and Osee became his servant , and paid him tribute . drb @2Kings:17:4 @And when the king of the Assyrians found that Osee endeavouring to rebel had sent messengers to Sua the king of Egypt , that he might not pay tribute to the king of the Assyrians , as he had done every year , he besieged him , bound him , and cast him into prison , drb @2Kings:17:5 @And he went through all the land : and going up to Samaria , he besieged it three years . drb @2Kings:17:6 @And in the ninth year of Osee , the king of the Assyrians took Samaria , and carried Israel away to Assyria : and he placed them in Hala and Habor by the river of Gozan , in the cities of the Medes . drb @2Kings:17:7 @For so it was that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God , who brought them out of the land of Egypt , from under the hand of Pharao king of Egypt , and they worshipped strange gods . drb @2Kings:17:8 @And they walked according to the way of the nations which the Lord had destroyed in the sight of the children of Israel and of the kings of Israel : because they had done in like manner . drb @2Kings:17:9 @And the children of Israel offended the Lord their God with things that were not right : and built them high places in all their cities from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city . drb @2Kings:17:10 @And they made them statues and groves on every high hill , and under every shady tree : drb @2Kings:17:11 @And they burnt incense there upon altars after the manner of the nations which the Lord had removed from their face : and they did wicked things , provoking the Lord . drb @2Kings:17:12 @And they worshipped abominations , concerning which the Lord had commanded them that they should not do this thing . drb @2Kings:17:13 @And the Lord testified to them in Israel and in Juda by the hand of all the prophets and seers , saying : Return from your wicked ways , and keep my precepts , and ceremonies , according to all the law which I commanded your fathers : and as I have sent to you in the hand of my servants the prophets . drb @2Kings:17:14 @And they hearkened not , but hardened their necks like to the neck of their fathers , who would not obey the Lord their God . drb @2Kings:17:15 @And they rejected his ordinances and the covenant that he made with their fathers , and the testimonies which he testified against them : and they followed vanities , and acted vainly : and they followed the nations that were round about them , concerning which the Lord had commanded them that they should not do as they did . drb @2Kings:17:16 @And they forsook all the precepts of the Lord their God : and made to themselves two molten calves , and groves , and adored all the host of heaven : and they served Baal . drb @2Kings:17:17 @And consecrated their sons , and their daughters through fire : and they gave themselves to divinations , and soothsayings : and they delivered themselves up to do evil before the Lord , to provoke him . drb @2Kings:17:18 @And the Lord was very angry with Israel , and removed them from his sight , and there remained only the tribe of Juda . drb @2Kings:17:19 @But neither did Juda itself keep the commandments of the Lord their God : but they walked in the errors of Israel , which they had wrought . drb @2Kings:17:20 @And the Lord cast off all the seed of Israel , and afflicted them and delivered them into the hand of spoilers , till he cast them away from his face : drb @2Kings:17:21 @Even from that time , when Israel was rent from the house of David , and made Jeroboam son of Nabat their king : for Jeroboam separated Israel from the Lord , and made them commit a great sin . drb @2Kings:17:22 @And the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam , which he had done : and they departed not from them , drb @2Kings:17:23 @Till the Lord removed Israel from his face , as he had spoken in the hand of all his servants the prophets : and Israel was carried away out of their land to Assyria , unto this day drb @2Kings:17:24 @And the king of the Assyrians brought people from Babylon , and from Cutha , and from Avah , and from Emath , and from Sepharvaim : and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel : and they possessed Samaria , and dwelt in the cities thereof . drb @2Kings:17:25 @And when they began to dwell there , they feared not the Lord : and the Lord sent lions among them , which killed them . drb @2Kings:17:26 @And it was told the king of the Assyrians , and it was said : The nations which thou hast removed , and made to dwell in the cities of Samaria , know not the ordinances of the God of the land : and the Lord hath sent lions among them : and behold they kill them , because they know not the manner of the God of the land . drb @2Kings:17:27 @And the king of the Assyrians commanded , saying : Carry thither one of the priests whom you brought from thence captive , and let him go , and dwell with them : and let him teach them the ordinances of the God of the land . drb @2Kings:17:28 @So one of the priests who had been carried away captive from Samaria , came and dwelt in Bethel , and taught them how they should worship the Lord . drb @2Kings:17:29 @And every nation made gods of their own , and put them in the temples of the high places , which the Samaritans had made , every nation in their cities where they dwelt . drb @2Kings:17:30 @For the men of Babylon made Sochothbenoth : and the Cuthites made Nergel : and the men of Emath made Asima . drb @2Kings:17:31 @And the Hevites made Nebahaz and Tharthac . And they that were of Sepharvaim burnt their children in fire , to Adramelech and Anamelech the gods of Sepharvaim . drb @2Kings:17:32 @And nevertheless they worshipped the Lord . And they made to themselves , of the lowest of the people , priests of the high places , and they placed them in the temples of the high places . drb @2Kings:17:33 @And when they worshipped the Lord , they served also their own gods according to the custom of the nations out of which they were brought to Samaria : drb @2Kings:17:34 @Unto this day they followed the old manner : they fear not the Lord , neither do they keep his ceremonies , and judgments , and law , and the commandment , which the Lord commanded the children of Jacob , whom he surnamed Israel : drb @2Kings:17:35 @With whom he made a covenant , and charged them , saying : You shall not fear strange gods , nor shall you adore them , nor worship them , nor sacrifice to them . drb @2Kings:17:36 @But the Lord your God , who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power , and a stretched out arm , him shall you fear , and him shall you adore , and to him shall you sacrifice . drb @2Kings:17:37 @And the ceremonies , and judgments , and law , and the commandment , which he wrote for you , you shall observe to do them always : and you shall not fear strange gods . drb @2Kings:17:38 @And the covenant that he made with you , you shall not forget : neither shall ye worship strange gods , drb @2Kings:17:39 @But fear the Lord your God , and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies . drb @2Kings:17:40 @But they did not hearken , but did according to their old custom . drb @2Kings:17:41 @So these nations feared the Lord , but nevertheless served also their idols : their children also and grandchildren , as their fathers did , so do they unto this day .

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